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Location based reminders

  • US 8,380,226 B2
  • Filed: 03/30/2011
  • Issued: 02/19/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mobile computing device, comprising:

  • a processor;

    a computer-readable storage medium;

    a location-based reminder application stored on the computer-readable storage medium to receive user input setting a target location for a reminder item, and provide a location-based reminder for the reminder item when a current location of the mobile computing device is within a predefined distance of the target, the location-based reminder application to accept the reminder item from an application other than the location-based reminder application;

    an alarm manager stored on the computer-readable storage medium to receive current location information at a frequency based on the size of the target location; and

    an attention manager stored on the computer-readable storage medium to provide the location-based reminder application with an alarm message indicating that the current location of the mobile computing device is within the predefined distance from the target location.

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